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[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

It does get stored once it's in the ocean, by things like underwater plants, plankton, and coral, and the scenario you've laid out is not going to happen within our lifetime. We've been increasing carbon emissions for 100 years or more and acidity has only decreased 0.1 ph (7 is neutral and it's gone from 8.11, to 8.05, so still basic)... Also some life forms don't have as much of a problem with slightly more acidity.

All in all it's slow enough that evolution will have some adaptive responses.

I think the heat will get us before the ocean gets too acidic. But I mean, it's all doomerism isn't it? Doomerism is a dime a dozen.

Eschatology is a popular trend. We just keep peeling that onion.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

At no point in the geological record has atmospheric carbon increased this quickly. We do not know if the systems can adapt quickly enough. Just because it's not going to happen in my lifetime does not mean it's not going to happen.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

I never said it wasn't going to happen.

Also, I never said anything about carbon increase rates.

I said something about evolutionary adaptation, and we have seen that happen in much shorter time frames.